Dispensing device



Aug. 14, 1934. H, R sEGAL 1,969,905

DIsPENsING DEVICE Filed July 5, 1933 A TTORNEYA Ptentel DIsPENsING DEVICE Hyman R. Segal, New York, N. Y. Application July s, 1933,` seal Np. 678,797

1 Claim.

The present invention has to do with dis pensing and is especially concerned with improvements in a collapsible tube of the 'type which may be deformed and compressed upon the application of nger pressure to eject its contents and subsequently rolled or coiled at one end to decrease its content holding capacity. According to the invention, the collapsible tube may be utilized to sustain certain face creams or the like and particularly is applicable to store shaving cream of the no lather type. The invention has as its object the provision of a collaps ible tube having a rotatable closure 'which serves as an applicator for spreading the cream dispensed from tube upon the surface or face to be treated and which also serves as a base having a relatively large supporting surface to enable the tube to stand on one end.

The invention also consists in certain new and original features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed and as to its other objects, features and advantages, the mode of its operation and the manner of its organization, these, inter alia, may be better understood by referring to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a` part thereof, in which Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of the cream dispensing tube according to the invention, showing the head of the tube applied to the face of the user.

Fig. 2 is a vertical or elevational view of the tube shown standing on one end.

' Fig; 3 is a fragmentary view of Fig. 2 shown partly brokenV away and partly in section.

, Fig. 4 is a plan view of the head of the tube and partly broken away to show the -internal construction.

Fig. 5 shows a fragmentary view in elevation of a modified tube, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section in elevation of another modification.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates a tube or substantially cylindrical shell preferably of thin sheet deformable non-resilient metal. One end portion of the tube is tapered as at 11 and the terminal sides of the tapered end portion are brought together and suitably secured by concave-convex strap 12.

The dispensing or head end of the tube is reduced to provide an annular neck 13 which is integral with the body of the tube.

The annular neck 13 is provided with an end wall 14 having a plurality of perforations or ports 15, the dispensing device or tube being so formed that the wall 14 extends fully across the area of the passage formed by the neck 13 and is integral with its annular wall. A circular flange 16 which is integral witllthe annular neck 13 and the end perforated wall 14 extends beyond or overhangs the limits of the annular neck 13.

A cylindrical or disc closure 17 is rotatably carried by the circular overhanging flange 16. This closure is provided with a plurality of perforations or ports 18, which may be shifted to register with the perforations l5 of the stationary end wall 14. As shown in Fig. 3, the outer face of wall 14 and inside face of closure 17 are so arranged as to contact each other although closure 17 is movable relative .to the end Wall 14, the contacting faces being relatively flat and are disposed at right angles with respect to the annular rim 13. The outer face 19 of the closure is relatively fiat and smooth and is in a plane substantially at right angles to the annular head or neck 13.

The circular perforated closure 17 has its marginal portions 20 turned 'upwardly as to closely and movably bear against the sides of the overhanging flange 16 while the annular lip part 21 of the marginal portion 20 is spun or turned inwardly as to closely and movably embrace the underneath annular face of the flange 16. By reason of this construction, the contiguous faces of the end wall 14 and closure 17 are held closely in contact although closure 17 may be moved relative to the end wall 14. In practice marginal portion 20 is knurled or otherwise suitably roughened to prevent slippage of the fingers of the user when adjusting or .rotating the closure to prevent or to permit dispensing.

According to the invention, the tube 10 and its annular neck 13 together with the wall 14 and the overhanging ange 16 are cast or otherwise suitably formed as a one piece assembly or unit preferably made of deformable sheet metal. The closure member may also be of deformable metal or made of suitable resilient sheet metal.

As illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 closure 17 is in a position to prevent dispensing, that is, the perforations of the closure and wall 14 are out of alinement. If it be desired to register the perforations, the closure is grasped at the knurled rim 20 by the user and then rotated relative to the wall 14 in a counter clockwise direction as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4.

To limit the rotation of the `closure on the end wall 14 of the head of the tube and to hold the closure .in a position to dispense or prevent dispensing, the closure is provided on the inner face with a detent 22 winch is guided by the walls of a curved channel or indent 23 in the end wall i4. That is to say, in Fig. 4, the detent 22'is at one end of the channel 23. In this position, dispensing cannot be had since the perforations of the closure and end wall are out of alinement. If it is desired to dispense, the closure is rotated until the detent reaches the other end of the channel. In such position, the perforations are registered and a slight finger pressure on the sides of the tube ejects a portion of the contents thereof.

It will be noted that the outer surface 19 of the closure is relatively smooth and flat such that when the tube is not in use and properly closed, it is possible to stand it on its head that is, the closure end may stand on a supporting surface, such as, 24 which may be representative of a shelf of a toilet cabinet or the like.

In the form according to Fig. 5 the means for limiting the movement of the closure with respect to its associated horizontal end wall of the tube, that is, the detent and indent features as in the case of Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive have been eliminated' and instead, the limiting means in Fig. 5 includes an appropriately bent tongue 25 which may be .stamped out of the body of the tube or it may be separate element in the form of catch or independent wire having one end 26 fastened to the bocLv of the tube while its other free end 27 cooperates and interlocks with the spaced notches 28 and 29 on the knurled rim 20 of the rotatable closure 17, the latter may be rotated so that the free end of tongue 27 may interlock with either of the notches 28 and 29. In one position dispensing is prevented and in another position dispensing is possible. As is the case of the detent and I indent feature of Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, tongue 17 and the notches on the rim 20 in Fig. 5 prevent accidental displacement of the closure relative to the neck of the tube.

With the form shown in Fig. 6 the perforated end wall 14 ofthe headof the tube and the perforated rotatable closure 17 have their central portions slightly curved inwardly, it being noted the annular face 30 of the closure is in a horizontal plane to permit the latter to stand on end, and the central part of the closure presents a curved or concaved surface disposedabove the horizontal plane of the annular face 30. In other aspects, the construction according to Fig. 6 is identical with the form shown in Figs. 1 -to` 4 inclusive.

Before applying cream to the face of the user, the closure is rotated to aline the porforations thereof with the perforations of the end wall of the neck of the tube. In the case of the form shown in Fig. 3, the horizontal face 19 is positioned against the face to be treated with cream after which a slight nger pressure on the sides of the tube causes a certain portion of the cream to be ejected from the head of the tube. This cream may then be uniformly spread cn the face with the aid of the horizontal face 19 or in the case of the form according to Fig. 6 with the outerconcaved face of the closure.

Since certain changes may be made in the above construction and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense, for example, although the dispensing device has been particularly set forth as an applicator for ejecting face creams or the like for treatment of the face of a user it may have other uses, such as dispensing certain pastes, glues or liquids to be applied to a surface other than to the face of the user.

I claim:

In a dispensing device, the combination of, a deformable, non-resilient elongated substantially cylindrical tube having one end tapered and closed and another end reduced and provided with a perforated wall integral with the body of said tube and provided with a laterally extending flange overhanging said reduced end, a perforated closure comprising a central portion disposed contiguous to an outer face of said wall and rotatable relative'thereto, said closure having a mar- Jginal portion including a depending annular member movably but closely encompassing the sides of said flange and including an inwardly disposed annular Ilip movable relative to an underneath face of said ange, said closure having an outside face for sustaining said tube on a surface substantially normal to thelongitudinal axis thereof and providing means for spreading the contents ejected through said wall and closure, and means for limiting rotation of said closure relative to said wall.

HYMAN R. SEGAL. 

